Every filing period on record, as reported. One column per filed period — a period with no column is a period with no filing, not a zero.
Basis · Amendments and terminations supersede the original report for the same registrant, client and period, so a revised quarter is counted once at its latest filed value. Registration-only filings carry no activity money and are excluded from these totals.
Who lobbies for them
Every outside firm that has filed on this client's behalf, by fees reported.
JACK S DEUSER jrThe Smith-Free Group, LLCCovered position: Ch. of Staff, U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning; Leg. Dir., U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning27 filingsthrough 2025
Michael A. GaffinThe Smith-Free Group, LLCCovered position: Leg. Director, Sen. Sherrod Brown; Leg. Director, Rep. Rob Andrews; Leg. Asst., Rep. Anna Eshoo; Jr. Leg. Assoc., House Ed. and Labor Committee, Rep. George Miller; Staff Asst., Senate HELP Committee, Sen. Edward Kennedy24 filingsthrough 2026
Robert HickmottThe Smith-Free Group, LLC21 filingsthrough 2024
W. Timothy LockeThe Smith-Free Group, LLC20 filings
The filings
The 20 most recent of 43 filings. Every figure above is built from these records.
This record groups every filed spelling of the client's name into one entity, so "MERCK & CO., INC." and "MERCK & CO INC" read as the same company. The grouping is the client's normalized name — organizations that file under genuinely different names appear separately. Handle: the-kroger-co.
Reading this · LD-2 reports a hired firm's fee and a registrant's reported expenses on separate lines and never both on one filing, so the two lists above are different quantities and are ranked separately rather than against each other. Firm names link to their own record as the firms chapter lands.
HCR
27 filings
$1.7M on those filings
Agriculture
AGR
26 filings
$1.6M on those filings
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
FOO
20 filings
$1.2M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
17 filings
$930K on those filings
Banking
BAN
10 filings
$650K on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
7 filings
$480K on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
3 filings
$240K on those filings
Telecommunications
TEC
1 filing
$60K on those filings
Immigration
IMM
1 filing
$50K on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
1 filing
$50K on those filings
Note · A filing names one to several issue areas and reports a single dollar figure for the period, so the same money appears beside every issue that filing declares. The dollar column is therefore spend on filings that named this issue — it is not a split of the total, and these figures sum above it. Filing counts do not double-count.
117th Congress
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022
S. 936117th CongressINFORM Consumers Act4 filingsthrough 2022
H.Con.Res. 14119th CongressEstablishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.3 filingsthrough 2025
H.R. 5371119th CongressContinuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 20263 filingsthrough 2026
H.R. 1770118th CongressEquitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act3 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 7567119th CongressFarm, Food, and National Security Act of 20262 filingsthrough 2026
H.R. 3159118th CongressFood Date Labeling Act of 20232 filingsthrough 2024
S. 2258118th CongressHot Foods Act of 20232 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 1119th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.1 filingthrough 2025
H.R. 3164119th CongressEnsuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act1 filingthrough 2026
H.R. 8413119th CongressSECURE Data Act1 filingthrough 2026
How these are found · Bill references are extracted from the free-text activity description each filing writes, then matched to the Congress in session that filing year. A reference we can't match to a bill on file is still shown, unlinked — we cite what the filing said rather than guess at what it meant. Naming a bill is not a position on it: LD-2 records that a client lobbied on the bill, never which side.
through 2025
JOHN CHRISTIE iiiThe Smith-Free Group, LLCCovered position: Ch. Rep. of Staff, Rep. Alma Adams; Leg. Director, Rep. Alma Adams; Senior Leg. Assist., Rep. Alma Adams; Leg. Assist., Rep. Alma Adams; Leg. Correspondent/Leg. Aide, Rep. Norma Torres19 filingsthrough 2026
James C FreeThe Smith-Free Group, LLC19 filingsthrough 2024
Trevor W. KolegoThe Smith-Free Group, LLCCovered position: Leg. Assist, Rep. Chris Cannon; Leg. Director, Rep. Jon Porter; Manager of Member Services, Leader John Boehner; Director of Member Services, Speaker John Boehner17 filingsthrough 2026
David SchnittgerSquire Patton BoggsCovered position: Dep. Chief of Staff, Speaker Boehner, 2006-2015; Press Secr., Rep. John Boehner 1994-2001; Communications Director, House Committee on Education and the Workforce 2001-200515 filingsthrough 2026
Caren StreetSquire Patton BoggsCovered position: 2007-08: SA, Sen. Johnny Isakson; 2008-17: LC/LA/Policy Adv/Grants Director/Counsel/Sr Policy Adv, Sen. Harry Reid; 2017-18: Policy Dir, CBC (Rep. Cedric Richmond); 2018-19, 2021: COS, Rep. Karen Bass; 2019-21: Exec Dir, CBC (Rep. Bass)15 filingsthrough 2026
Thomas S AndrewsSquire Patton BoggsCovered position: 2009-2013:SA/LC and Sr SA, Rep. John Boehner; 2013-2015:SA to Speaker John Boehner; 2015-2018: Dir of Member Services, Speaker Paul Ryan; 2018- 2021: SA to President for Leg Affairs, White House15 filingsthrough 2026
Mike MullenThe Smith-Free Group, LLCCovered position: Sr. Leg. Asst., Rep. Mike Doyle5 filingsthrough 2026
Sarah Dumont MerchakThe Smith-Free Group, LLCCovered position: Director of Congressional Affairs, Federal Housing Finance Agency; Professional Staff Member, Senate Banking Committee5 filingsthrough 2023
Jesse MccollumThe Wayfinder GroupCovered position: Legislative Aide, Rep. Towns; Chief of Staff, Rep. Klein; Committee on Oversight and Government Reform3 filingsthrough 2026
Nathan WyattThe Wayfinder GroupCovered position: Legislative Aide, Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant, Sen. Jon Tester3 filingsthrough 2026
Brandon LippsCaprock Strategies, LLCCovered position: Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition & Consumer Services, USDA; Counsel & Senior Professional Staff for House Committee on Agriculture.3 filingsthrough 2024
Alicia W SmithThe Smith-Free Group, LLC3 filingsthrough 2020
Chris ScribnerThe Smith-Free Group, LLC2 filingsthrough 2020
Lambros SyrmosThe Wayfinder GroupCovered position: Intern, Sen. Brian Schatz1 filingthrough 2026
Alexander HetheringtonThe Wayfinder GroupCovered position: Administrative Director; Special Projects Manager; Special Assistant, Sen. Brian Schatz; Special Assistant, 1st Congressional District of Hawaii; Special Assistant; Legislative Aide; Deputy Communications Director, Rep. Mark Takai1 filingthrough 2026
Andrew WinerThe Wayfinder GroupCovered position: Chief of Staff, Sen. Brian Schatz1 filingthrough 2026
Ian S.D. MairThe Smith-Free Group, LLC1 filingthrough 2020
Covered positions · 16 of 22 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
